Quotes About Intrigue

Their curled bodies are a pair of question mark at the end of the puzzling sentence of the day

Pandora, possessed by the unleashed contents of her box.

He wanted to run but didn't know where or how, which made him more fearful still, because he knew that in his spy fiction he had already told himself the answer. You can run but you can't hide.

Stiff, huh? I think seeing you roll around on the floor in that tight little outfit accomplished that.

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

I suppose I passed it a hundred times, But I always stop for a minute. And look at the house, the tragic house, The house with nobody in it.

It was a murder, nothing more. Athos

Well, Monsieur Laporte placed her near her Majesty in order that our poor queen might at least have someone in whom she could place confidence, abandoned as she is by the king, watched as she is by the cardinal, betrayed as she is by everybody. Ah, ah!

How singular, murmured Maximillian; your father hates me, while your grandfather, on the contrary -- What strange feelings are aroused by politics.

D'Artagnan admiró de qué hilos frágiles y desconocidos están a veces suspendidos los destinos de un pueblo y la vida de los hombres.

Commend me to the cardinal,' said Milady. 'Commend me to Satan,' replied Rochefort.

this is the first part of this precious manuscript

Entonces aquel escrito acusador que había visto en poder de Villefort, y que había tenido en sus manos, se representaba en su imaginación; cada línea se le aparecía iluminada en la pared como el Mane, Tecel

The Countess G—— insists upon it that he is a vampire.

Desrues was, however, I

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

Then two dark figures appeared. One of them, tall, majestic, stern, sat down near the table on which Van Baerle had placed the taper.

the marquise had often said that there are means to get rid of people one dislikes, and they can easily be put an end to in a bowl of soup.

Taste the hashish, guest of mine—taste the hashish.

D'Artagnan looked for some tapestry behind which he might hide himself, and felt an immense inclination to crawl under the table.

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas